Modesty

Apr. 9th, 2014 09:56 am
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Something I still find jarring about Utah, but must seem completely normal to folks here, is the modesty dress.

I'm not talking the cute stylish outfits of Mormon mommy bloggers - I'd wear those (actually, some of my style is pretty close to that...) or the FLDS prairie dress - but the women I see who take something that is immodest (a spaghetti strap tank top, a skirt above the knees) and just put something on under it (a plain white t-shirt, jeans). I just wonder - why buy that immodest thing to begin with? I was at the store you bought that top from the other day and it had some super cute cap sleeve shirts that would look better on you!

On the other hand, I suppose I feel like they do when they see someone dressing "immodestly."

In related news, I have [livejournal.com profile] loreofcure to thank for the tip on Joe Fresh jeans for a cheap option for the brightly colored jeans fad. See, this outfit is modest! And cute! And apparently I'm a size 4 :)

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One of my favorite blogs is Academic Chic ("Three feminist PhD candidates at a Midwest university, on a crusade against the ill-fitting polyester suit of academic yore.") and they came up with "Dress Your Best Week". Well, I couldn't participate at the time because it was hectic end of the semester time, but I want to do so for next week.

"So often, our focus when getting dressed in the morning is how to minimize or downplay aspects of our bodies that we’re just not crazy about. Does this skirt smooth my hips? Does this top hide my tummy? Do these pants make my thighs look slimmer?

But what would happen if you inverted that thought process? What if, instead of dressing to mitigate your so-so, you dressed to highlight the parts of your body that you love most? What if, for a whole week, you committed to self-consciously dressing your best bits?"


The idea is to start by listing at least 5 things you like about your body (ie: great legs, shiny hair, adorable toes, piercing eyes) and dress to compliment those features for a week (and, of course, blog about it). My Birthday WeekTM seems like a great week to do this, so I'm going to start with the list today, so I have the rest of the week to think about what I'll wear next week :)

  1. Fingernails (for some reason - genetics, diet, alien implantation - my fingernails seem to always look like I already have a french manicure - white tips, strong, shiny)
  2. Legs (I put this on here as a challenge to myself because I always thought I didn't have nice legs because I am short, but after getting a lot of compliments on them I am starting to change my mind)
  3. Eyes (probably my most complimented feature)
  4. My curves (I've got some nice D's and a pretty tight little ass if I do say so myself - others agree)
  5. My skin (I'm a pale Irish lass and I try to keep it that way with sunscreen and coverups. The freckles are pretty cute too)


So, who's with me?

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